| Three Kingdoms | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 三國 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 三国 | ||||||
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| Genre | Historical drama | ||||||
| Based on | Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong | ||||||
| Screenplay by | Zhu Sujin | ||||||
| Directed by | Gao Xixi | ||||||
| Starring | Chen Jianbin Yu Hewei Lu Yi Peter Ho Ni Dahong Yu Rongguang Zhang Bo Nie Yuan Chen Hao Ruby Lin Victor Huang Yu Bin | ||||||
| Theme music composer | Zhao Jiping | ||||||
| Opening theme | Give Me Back A World At Peace by Liao Changyong | ||||||
| Ending theme | 1. Heroes Cross Heaven And Earth by Tan Jing 2. A Blurry World by Tang Can | ||||||
| Country of origin | China | ||||||
| Original language | Mandarin | ||||||
| No. of episodes | 95 | ||||||
| Production | |||||||
| Producers | Yang Xiaoming Li Shu Zhang Shenyan | ||||||
| Production location | China | ||||||
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode | ||||||
| Production companies | 1. Communication University of China Television Production Centre 2. Beijing Galloping Horse Film 3. Anhui Five Star Oriental Television Investment 4. Tianjin Television 5. Beijing Dongfang Henghe Film Culture 6. Beijing Baimeng Film Planning 7. Beijing Lin Gao Flyule Film Media 8. Jilin Province Film Production Corporation | ||||||
| Original release | |||||||
| Network | Jiangsu TV Anhui TV Chongqing TV Tianjin TV | ||||||
| Release | 2 May – 15 June 2010 | ||||||
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Three Kingdoms is a 2010 Chinese television series based on the events in the late Eastern Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period. The plot is adapted from the 14th century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other stories about the Three Kingdoms period. Directed by Gao Xixi, the series had a budget of over 160 million RMB (US$30 million)[1][2] and took five years of pre-production work.[3] Shooting of the series commenced in October 2008, and it was released in China in May 2010.[4]
Three Kingdoms set a record as the most expensive small screen series in China's television history at the time, having been sold to four regional TV broadcasters at the price of 160 million yuan.[5] It was sold to over 20 countries, earning an estimated 800 million RMB (US$133.3 million) in total as of May 2012.[1][2]
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- ^ "New TV version "Three Kingdoms" stars shooting". CCTV.com.
- ^ 高希希揭开《三国》面纱 林心如陈好争艳(图) (in Chinese). qq.com. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
- ^ "New 'Three Kingdoms', the most expensive of all time". China.org.cn.